BradS
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Mmmm, Bacon.
Every time I see the title of this thread, I shake my head in amazement of how dumb such a premise can be. Are we to the point to where we lack the intellect to be able to so easily confuse the interest in vintage film cameras with the state of film usage/availability itself?
Every time I see the title of this thread, I shake my head in amazement of how dumb such a premise can be. Are we to the point to where we lack the intellect to be able to so easily confuse the interest in vintage film cameras with the state of film usage/availability itself?
I dropped of C-41 film for development and printing at Samy's last week and was told that I would take a week to get the film and prints done. I asked why and was told, "Too many people shoot film now." I answered "Not enough people shoot film now." The employees laughed and agreed with me.
It's a good point. We're at that uncomfortable space where the demand is outstripping current capacity but at the same time demand isn't enough to justify additional investment to keep up with said demand.
Chris
Hello Chris,
the first part of your last sentence is correct, but the second part is not.
As someone being professionally part of the film industry I can ensure you that all major film producers have recently invested or are investing and trying to keep up with the increased demand. That there are still supply shortages has several other reasons the film manufacturers have no or too little influence on (like e.g. significant raw material shortages).
Best regards,
Henning
Film is a perishable commodity and a manufacturer needs to gauge future demand before investing in more equipment, even before hiring more workers for existing lines. There is little competition so it becomes a question of risk vs profit. And a company like Kodak has other sources of revenue. Does anyone know if any of the other manufacturers are expanding? It just seems to be Kodak 35mm C41 film, not a universal, rising demand.
Film is a perishable commodity and a manufacturer needs to gauge future demand before investing in more equipment, even before hiring more workers for existing lines. There is little competition so it becomes a question of risk vs profit. And a company like Kodak has other sources of revenue. Does anyone know if any of the other manufacturers are expanding? It just seems to be Kodak 35mm C41 film, not a universal, rising demand.
Hello Chris,
the first part of your last sentence is correct, but the second part is not.
As someone being professionally part of the film industry I can ensure you that all major film producers have recently invested or are investing and trying to keep up with the increased demand. That there are still supply shortages has several other reasons the film manufacturers have no or too little influence on (like e.g. significant raw material shortages).
Best regards,
Henning
"Can you still buy film"........... is a typical question i get from people my age (born 1960) or older.
And the answer is that "it's quite hard to buy any film nowadays, but that's not as bad as it sounds"...
And the answer is that "it's quite hard to buy any film nowadays, but that's not as bad as it sounds"...
Yes, but colours on BW film suck. IMHO, of course...
Hello Chris,
the first part of your last sentence is correct, but the second part is not.
As someone being professionally part of the film industry I can ensure you that all major film producers have recently invested or are investing and trying to keep up with the increased demand. That there are still supply shortages has several other reasons the film manufacturers have no or too little influence on (like e.g. significant raw material shortages).
Best regards,
Henning
Love me some sarcasm but to be fair you had written "any film" above
Even companies that sell their film in green boxes?
Even companies that sell their film in green boxes?
Great to hear so. I am always positive about Fujifilm and never believed the freezer stories. Most of my colour photography is medium format and for that I almost use only Fujifilm (C41 and E6), but after the fact Fujfilm introduced Fujicolor 200 which was Kodak Gold 200, I found it hard be stay positive about Fuji and non-instax film productionYes....which is part of the reason why the film made in Japan disappeared for a while and has now reappeared at reasonable prices.
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